Emerald Lakes

North Island - The Road Trip

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April 20th 2006
In April 2006 I, along with 7 other comrades from Otago University decided to take to the roads and embark on an epic road trip from the south of the South Island, to the north of the North Island of New Zealand. With, 5 yanks, 1 canuk, 1 aussie, 1 scot, 2 un-roadworthy cars, 2 weeks, 9 destinations, 13000 feet of skydive, numerous maori's, 1 volcano, 10 dolphins, 5 police stops, (0 arrests ffew ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more